Country Data and Comparison

On this page, you can view China's data such as land area, population, religions, languages, climate, and more. This page includes a series of charts and diagrams of this data about China, the U.S., and the world.

Per Capita Income

China
U.S.
World
$7,400
$47,400
$11,200

Land Area

China
U.S.
World
9,596,961 sq km
9,826,675 sq km
510.072 million sq km

Governmental System

China
U.S.
World
Communist state
Democracy
All members of the UN are parties to the
statute that established the
International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Literacy Rate

China
U.S.
World
93.3%
99%
82%

Natural Resources

China
U.S.
World
coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, rare earth elements, uranium
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address.


Major Transportation Methods

China
U.S.
World
air, train, highway, waterway, subway, bicycle, taxi, walking
road, air, railroad, and water
air, car, water, walking


Religions


China
U.S.
World
Buddhism
77%
6%
5.84%
Christian
4%
85%
33.32%

Languages


China
U.S.
World
English
.77%
95.81%
17.65%
Mandarin
53%
2.7%
12.65%

Climate

China
U.S.
World
Extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north.
Extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north.
A wide equatorial band of hot and humid tropical climates - bordered north and south by subtropical temperate zones - that separate two large areas of cold and dry polar climates


Population

China
U.S.
World
1,336,718,015
313,232,044
6,928,198,253


Population Density

China
U.S.
World
137 people/mi
32 people/mi
57,510,000 people/mi

Unemployment Rate

China
U.S.
World
4.3%
9.7%
8.8%


Topography

China
U.S.
World
mountains, basins, plateaus, hills, flat, and fertile plains.
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
the greatest ocean depth is the Mariana Trench at 10,924 m in the Pacific Ocean

Imports

China
U.S.
World
$1.307 trillion
$1.903 trillion
$14.73 trillion

Exports

China
U.S.
World
$1.506 trillion
$1.27 trillion
$14.95 trillion

Manufacturing and Industry

China
U.S.
World
World leader in gross value of industrial output; mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites.
Highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second largest industrial output in world; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining.
Dominated by the onrush of technology, especially in computers, robotics, telecommunications, and medicines and medical equipment; the accelerated development of new industrial technology is complicating already grim environmental problems.


Main Trading Partners

China
U.S.
World
European Union, USA, Japan, ASEAN, Hong Kong.
Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Germany.
Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, South Korea, France, Taiwan, Netherlands, Brazil, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, Ireland.